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| -rw-r--r-- | lisp/emacs-lisp/cl-generic.el | 10 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/lisp/emacs-lisp/cl-generic.el b/lisp/emacs-lisp/cl-generic.el index e78f88e30cf..f5b8c7b662f 100644 --- a/lisp/emacs-lisp/cl-generic.el +++ b/lisp/emacs-lisp/cl-generic.el @@ -455,8 +455,12 @@ all methods of NAME have to use the same set of arguments for dispatch. Each dispatch argument and TYPE are specified in ARGS where the corresponding formal argument appears as (VAR TYPE) rather than just VAR. -The optional second argument QUALIFIER is a specifier that -modifies how the method is combined with other methods, including: +The optional EXTRA element, on the form `:extra STRING', allows +you to add more methods for the same specializers and qualifiers. +These are distinguished by STRING. + +The optional argument QUALIFIER is a specifier that modifies how +the method is combined with other methods, including: :before - Method will be called before the primary :after - Method will be called after the primary :around - Method will be called around everything else @@ -473,7 +477,7 @@ method to be applicable. The set of acceptable TYPEs (also called \"specializers\") is defined \(and can be extended) by the various methods of `cl-generic-generalizers'. -\(fn NAME [QUALIFIER] ARGS &rest [DOCSTRING] BODY)" +\(fn NAME [EXTRA] [QUALIFIER] ARGS &rest [DOCSTRING] BODY)" (declare (doc-string cl--defmethod-doc-pos) (indent defun) (debug (&define ; this means we are defining something |